Fresh Power

"On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ... After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."
Acts 4:23-24, 31

When their mission was threatened the Apostles' natural reaction was to gather with the church. And the church's natural reaction was to seek God in prayer. And God's response was to fill them with fresh power to continue the mission. Do we realize that our mission is threatened today by our secular culture? Do we pull together as a church to seek God in prayer as if everything depended on Him? Do we expect fresh power from god to continue the mission?

Father, forgive us when we fail to embrace our mission and fail seek You together as we ought for the power and direction we need to share the Gospel in our culture. Remold us after the pattern of the early church.

I'm praying for you.
Pastor Mark